Wrap-up: Cobargo Landscape Rehydration Workshop

In June 2023, Mulloon Institute’s Peter Hazell and Erin Healy were given a very warm welcome by the Far South Coast community of Cobargo. Hosted by David Newell made possible by funding from the Smart Farms program, Pete and Erin presented a jam-packed Landscape Rehydration Essentials Workshop to 45 landholders.  

Pete and Erin started the day with some short presentations introducing the fundamentals of landscape rehydration.  

The group started at the newly renovated Cobargo Showground, with a couple of fun activities and short presentations to introduce the fundamentals of landscape rehydration. After being spoilt with a choice of freshly made curries for lunch by local caterer Cam from Kitchenboys, the group headed out into the glorious afternoon sunshine for a paddock walk. It was local farmers, Martin and Joyce that welcomed the group onto their property Brandywine, a short drive from Cobargo. The afternoon was spent exploring how to read a landscape for the purpose of improving landscape function – whether that be for agricultural productivity, biodiversity or drought and bushfire resilience. The group finished the day on a high with a visit to a well-established gully erosion repair project on Brandywine, completed by landholder Martin with environmental facilitator David Newell.  

The group enjoyed the June sunshine for an afternoon paddock walk and practiced reading the local landscape.  

The day provided a fantastic opportunity for locals and a few landholders from further afield to get together, network, and explore the essentials of landscape rehydration.  

This project is supported by Smart Farms, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. Mulloon Institute's Learning Programs have been developed with the assistance of the NSW Government's Environmental Trust.